Window construction



Sept. 6, 1938. A. H. HABERSTUMP WINDOW CONSTRUCTION Filed April 27, 1934 2 Sheets-Sheeil l ATTORNEYSY Sept. 6, 1938.

A. H. HABERSTUMP WINDOW CONSTRUCTION Filed April 2*7, 1934n 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 INVENTOR.

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Patented Sept. 6, 1938 UNITED STATES WINDOW coNsTRUc'rioN Alfred H. Haberstump, llletroit, Mich., assgnor to The Murray Corporation of America, a corporation of Delaware Application April 27, 1934, Serial No. 722,635

12 Claims.

My invention relates to windows and particularly to a guiding and regulating `mechanism therefor by which the window is moved upwardly and laterally in the guiding elements.

Windows have been employed heretofore which are movable vertically and thereafter horizontally in an arcuate path but not in a straight line, to be first moved to closed position and thereafter to be moved to provide a vertically disposed slotlike opening employed for Ventilating purposes. Mechanism has been constructed for raising and moving such windows vertically and laterally to closed and open positions. Difficulty has been eX- perienced, however, with such regulating mechanisms and guiding elements for the window when attempting to obtain a dependable construction, one which is easily and r-eadily installed and which has uniform operating characteristics.

In practicing my invention I employ a regulator made up of a pair of gears which are driven by a gear train to provide the proper operating ratio. Arms are attached to the gears to be arcuately moved thereby. The window is provided with a channel in which rollers on the arms operate to cause the window to be raised and lowered as the arms revolve from one vertical position to the other. Stops are employed to control the movement of the gears and'therefore the arms to have the window supported in vertically moved position. Further movement of the operating handle causes the gears for vertically moving the window to pass out of engagement with the driving gear which thereafter operates a gear segment to move the window and channel laterally on the rollers of the arms to thereby provide a vertically disposed slot-like opening for Ventilating purposes.

The glass guide run for the window is of standard form on the edge from which the window moves while the top and opposite side portion is of L-shape, each leg effecting a vertical and a lateral guide for the window during its movement. An offset guide is provided relative to the vertical leg of the L-shaped guide to receive the window when moved to lowered position. sector are interrelated by a stop so that the operation of either one past the gear will cause the other to mesh therewith in a position to be operated. In this manner the operation of the gears causes the Window to move to closed position and through the further operation of the driving means the gears of th-e raising device will be disengaged and the gear sector engaged to cause the window to be moved horizontally. An opposite movement'occurs with the reverse operation of the driving means, first causing the window to The gear and n move horizontally and then to move downwardly without any perceptible change in th-e operation of the mechanism.

Accordingly, the main objects of my invention are; to provide a regulator which moves a window vertically and thereafter horizontally without any perceptible change in the operating force applied to the regulating mechanism; to provide a regulating mechanism made up of a pair of gears for moving the window vertically and a gear sector: which is automatically engaged as the gears are disengagedto move the window horizontally; to provide a mechanism mad-e up of a gear train and a sector having extending arms which operate independently of each other to move the window#l vertically and thereafter horizontally; to provide an angle-shaped glass run channel having the legs thereof disposed to guide the window both during its vertical and horizontal mov-ement; to provide a vertical guide which engages the window y, during its horizontal and its vertical movements and a guide offset relative thereto for receiving the window and guiding it during its lowering movement; to provide a balanced spring for the arms to assist in the operation of the window during its vertical and horizontal movement; and, in general, to provide a` window, a glass run guide therefor and regulating mechanism for moving the window vertically and horizontally all of which is simple in construction, positive in operation and economical of manufacture.

Other objects and features of novelty of my invention will be either specifically pointed out or will become apparent when referring, for a better understanding of my invention, to the following description taken in conjunction with -the accompanying drawings, wherein: n

Figure l is a broken View in elevation, partly in section, of a window guiding and regulating device embodying features of my invention,

Fig. 2 is an enlarged sectional View of the structure illustrated in Fig. l, taken on the line 2-2 thereof,

Fig. 3 is a sectional viewof the structure illustrated in Fig. 2, taken on the line 3-3 thereof, with the Window in vertically raised position,

Fig. 4is a view of structure, similar to that illustrated in Fig. 3 with the window moved horizontally,

Fig. 5 is an enlarged sectional view of the structure illustrated in Fig. l, taken on the line 5 5 thereof, v

Fig. 6 is an enlarged sectional view of the structure illustratedin Fig. l, taken on the line 6-6 thereof,

Fig. 7 is an enlarged sectional View of the structure illustrated in Fig. 3, taken on the line l-I thereof,

8 is a. sectional View of mechanism, similar to that illustrated in Fig. 2 but of the opposite hand, showing a modified form thereof, and

ig. 9 is a broken side view of the structure illustrated in Fig. 8.

In Fig. l, I have illustrated a vehicle body II l0 having a rear quarter Window opening I2 in which a window I3 is vertically and horizontally movable. While I describe a quarter window and its supporting and operating structure, it is to be understood that this particular window is utilized by way of illustration and that the Window, supporting structure and actuating mechanism may me employed on doors, wndshields, or otherwise on any type of vehicle bodies, such as busses, trucks, airplane fuselages, and the like.

'Ihe front edge of the opening I2 is provided '.tivith a glass run guide I4 ofconventional form nwhile the top and rear edge is encompassed by a glass run guide I5 which is of unique construcrition and will be described more fully hereinafter.

;5Athird guiding element IS is provided in parallel rrelticn to the lower portion of the guide I4 hav- .bing its bottom web portion offset inwardly from -the web of the mated end of the guide I5, as will ibe explained hereinafter.

@son The window glass I3 is slidable vertically in the @glass guide runs and after being moved to comete vertical position may be further actuated chcrizontally to provide an opening adjacent to the vertical glass run I4. The mechanism ch eiiects the horizontal and vertical moveents is new and novel and will now be described. bottom of the glass I3 is provided with a :,ichannel-shaped element I 'I engaged by pins I8 @which are supported on arms I9 and 20. The 1 .ir of arms are rigidly secured to a pair of mated @gears 22 and 23 fixed to pivots 24 and 25 which tare pivotally mounted on a plate 26. The plate is secured to the framing of the body by suitsable screws, bolts or the like 2'I. The gear 22 is 'miated with a gear 28 as illustrated in Fig. 7, a nilar gear 29 being mounted thereabove in drivg relation with a shaft which has a gear 3| .red thereto and disposed on the opposite side 'loi the plate 25. The gear 3I is mated with a ,35.0 32 which is xed to a shaft 33 and operated by a handle 34. The gear train, made up of the ,gears 32, 3l and 2S, produces a gear ratio whereby tire handle 3d may be rotated a number of times .fio eect the movement of the Window. A suit- .fable washer 35 is secured to the shaft 3B to funcrtion as a flange to prevent the gear elements from moving out of contact with the gears 28 and 29. spring 35 is connected to the pivot 25 and to an :extension 3! on the plate 25 to be stressed during ,5 0 t e lowering operation of the window, the energy therein being expanded during the raising movement of the window.

Superposed upon the gear 22 is a gear sector 38 having an arm 35 secured directly thereto and ,15; ,disposed about the pivot 24. A spring 4I engages the pivot 24 and a pin 42 on the arm 39, for energy in the spring when the `window is wed to open position which is expandible to aid in the closing movement when moved both (W horizontally and vertically. The gear sector 38 tends under the offset portion of the arm I9 h functions as a limit stop for preventing the .s tor from moving out of engagement with the .1^ 23 which is superposed upon the gear 28 and ven by the shaft 33. The washer 35 hereinthe gear 22.

above referred to extends over the teeth of the sector 38 and gear 22 and retains them in mated relation.

It will be noted that the sector 33 and the gear 22 have portions in which no teeth are provided, the relative position of the gear and sector being maintained by a stop 43 which projects from In this manner the driving of the gear 22 causes the stop 43, near the raised position of the Window I3, to'engage the rear of the sector 33 and to move the sector along therewith. When in this position the rst teeth of the sector 38 are preferably so related with the last teeth of the gear 22 as to have one or more teeth spaces therebetween so that the gear 22 will be disengaged as soon as the sector is picked up by the gear 29.

For preventing the gears 22 and 23 from being carried around by friction or otherwise, from the position just out of Contact with the gear 28, I have provided a stop 45 on the gear 23 which engages la tooth `of the gear 22, as illustrated in Fig. 4, for retaining the gears in mated relation. A stop G5 is provided on the frame 26 which engages the end of the sector 38, as illus- F movement of the window I3. The movement of the bracket 5I into engagement with the pin 41 eiects the engagement between the window and the arm 39 so that the revolution of the arm 39 v ..30 bracket 5I engages at the end of the upward will cause the channel element I'I to move horizontally on the pins I8 to thereby move the window horizontally to open and closed positions. The slot 49 is so constructed that the pin 4'! moves laterally therein as the bracket 5I moves upwardly during the nal upward movement of the window, so that no horizontal movement of the window occurs until the window is in complete raised position. In this manner the window is completely raised before being moved horizontally and moved to complete horizontally closed position before being moved vertically.

It will be noted from Figs. 3 and 4 that the outer ends of the arms I9 and 29, when the Window is raised, are spaced a considerable distance apart to provide stability to the support of the channel I'I. In this manner the window will be rigidly held and prevented from tilting on the `pins I8 which would otherwise occur if `they were moved into closely adjacent position to each other.

In Figs. 5 and 6, I have illustrated the channel element I5 as being made up of a horizontal shallow channel-shaped portion 52 having the ends 53 reversely bent about the ends of a material 54 which may be felt, paper, mohair or similar substance which will permit the ready movement of the window I3 thereover. The material 54 is disposed within the channel portion 52 and retained secured thereto as shown, or screws may extend through the web of the channel portions in engagement with a member against which the channel portions abut.

The vertical movement of the glass is effected at the edge of the channel member 56 to guide the element against movement laterally of the plane of the window while the spaced pins prevent any tilted movement in its plane. The continued movement of the window causes the edge to move into the channel member 52 at the top so that both elements act as a vertical guide during the upward movement of the window. In this con- 'struetion the member 56 has the entire edge moved progressively vertical while the member 52 has the edge of the window moved bodily vertical therein.

During the horizontal movement of the window, the rear edge moves bodily into and from the channel member 56 while the top edge progressively moves along the channel member 52. As a result, a complete support for the glass edge is provided at the top and sides and at the same time the free movement of the window is readily eiected. The channel element i6, heretofore referred to, has its web portion offset from the rear web of the element 56 so as to engage thev rear edge of the window during its vertical movement and to be disengaged therefrom when the window is in a position to be moved horizontally.

When the window is in lowered position as illustrated in dotrand-dash line in Fig. l, the operation of the crank 34 causes the gears 22 and 23 to operate in mesh with each other to cause the arms i9 and 23 to revolve in a clockwise and counter-clockwise direction, respectively. The pins I8 on the ends of the arms are always maintained in a horizontally aligned position and during their movement relative to the channel il, the window i3 is moved vertically to closed position. Near the end of this movement, the bracket 5l moves into engagement with the pin 4l on the arm 39. The iinal movement of the gear 22 causes the stop i3 to engage the sector 38 to advance the end tooth thereof into engagement with the gear 29. As soon as the tooth is engaged the further movement of the gear 28 causes the gear 22 to move out of engagement therewith and at the same time to have the stop element 45 engage a tooth of the gear 22 to lock the gears 22 and 23 and to retain the arms I9 and 2li in the position illustrated in Fig. 4. The pin il moves in the slot i9 without moving the window horizontally during the nal movement of the gears 22 and 23 and the window.

The further movement of the handle 34 causes the rotation of the sector 38 and the arm 39, independent of the gear 22, in a clockwise direction, to cause the horizontal movement of the window i3. This arrangement of elements eiects a large horizontal movement to the window limited by the depth of the channel member 56 and the length of the sector 38. By having the gear 22 and the sector 33 operated in sequence in both directions by the gears 28 and 29, no change in operating characteristics will be felt in the operating handle as the window moves to vertical position and then immediately moved horizontally or vice versa. There is no possibility of pin or cam elements becoming worn or becoming unaligned as has occurred in devices heretofore constructed.

I have shown a modified form of my invention in Figs. 8 and 9 wherein the spring 4| is disposed on the rear side of the supporting plate 26 the same as the spring 36 on the gear element 23. The desirability of this construction resides in the 22 and is bent inwardly at (i4, downwardly at 65'i and extended at 66 to be engaged by the end of the Y spring lll, the other end of the spring being en- -gaged in a slot 61 in the pivot 24. An aperture is provided in the gear 22 and in the washer 32 while of the portion 64 of the arm Si) therethrough. In this mannen, the periphery of the washer 62 is entire and forms a bearing with the aperture in the plate.

a slot is formed in the washer 63 of the projectiongglli During the raising of the window i3, the springe20 4| is available for expending energy for aiding in operating the arm 60 since the arm 39 is. ilxed by the stop 56. During the horizontal opening movee ment of the window i3, the movement of the arm 39 causes the pin 2li to rotate and to wind up the ,325

spring l l. The energy of the spring is expendable during the horizontal closing movement of the window to assist the closing operation. It is to be understood that a spring 36 may be employed upon the gear 23, as illustrated in Fig. 3, or when suicient strength is provided in the spring il disposed as in Figs. 8 and 9, this second spring may be omitted since the spring lll is available to store and expend energy during both the vertical and the horizontal opening and closing move- 52 ments respectively of the window.

It is to be understood that 'the slot @Si may be vertically disposed since the last movement of arms i9 and 2'will effect only a slight vertical movement, vwhich will not interfere with the initial horizontal movement of the window. Similarly, other means couldbe employed to eiect the movements of the window in sequence. The sector 38 could be disconnected from the arm 39 so that the initial movement of the sector would not actuate the arm. After the gear 22 is moved from engagement with the gear 23, the sector 38 would then actuate the arm 33 to operate the window horizontally. Y

It will be thus seen that Ili'ave provided a guiding element for the window which engages and supports its edges during both its horizontal and the pertical movements. I have provided a unique actuating mechanism which operates the window to vertically raised and lowered positions and to horizontally open and closed positions without any apparent change in the application of force. Through the employment of certain stop elements, the mechanism is made entirely fool-prooi and is operated with a minimum amount of efr'ort.

While I have described and illustrated but two embodiments of my invention, it will be apparent to those skilled in the art that Various changes, omissions, `additions and substitutions may be made therein without departing from the spirit and scope of my invention, as set forth in the accompanying claims.

I claim as my invention:

1. The combination with a vertically and horizontally movable window, of a regulator therefor having two arms for moving the window vertically, means for moving said arms, and means for moving the window horizontally in its plane on said arms when said arms are stationary by said arm moving means.

2. The combination with a vertically and horizontally movable window, of a regulator therefor having two arms for moving the Window vertically, means for moving the window horizontally on said arms when said arms are stationary, and common means for actuating said systems in sequence.

3. The combination with a vertically and horizontally movable window, of a regulator therefor having gear elements, some for effecting the Vertical movement of the window, another for moving it horizontally in'its plane, means for interconnecting the elements near the end and beginning of their movements, and common means for actuating said elements in sequence.

4. The combination with a vertically and horizontally movable window, of a gear element for effecting the vertical movement of said window, a second gear element for effecting the horizontal movement of said window in the same plane as said vertical movement, means effective near the end of the movement of the elements for rendering the other active, and common actuating means for driving said elements in sequence.

5. The combination with a vertically and horizontally movable window, of a gear element for effecting the vertical movement of said Window, a gear 'element for effecting the horizontal movement of said window, a stop on one element engageable with the other near the nal movement of either of said elements to initially move the other element, and common actuating means for driving said elements in sequence.

6. The combination with a vertically and horizontally movable window, of a gear element for effecting the vertical movement of said window, a

.gear element for effecting the horizontal movement of said Window, common actuating means for driving said elements in sequence, including a driving gear, and a stop on one element engageable with the other near the final movement of one of said elements to move the other into engagement with the driving gear.

'7. An operating mechanism for a Window comprising a plurality of gear elements, some of which are effective for moving the window in a vertical direction, others of which are utilized for moving the window in a horizontal direction in its plane, and a spring interrelated with said gears and expandible and contractible during said vertical movement and during said horizontal movement.

8. The combination with a vertically and horizontally movable window, of a regulator therefor having a plurality of gears, some for effecting the vertical movement of the Window, another for moving it horizontally in the same plane as said a vertical movement, and a spring interrelated with said elements and disposed to be expanded and contracted during said horizontal movement and during said vertical movement.

9. The combination with a window movable,v

upwardly and downwardly, and forwardly and backwardly, of a regulator therefor, means on said regulator for moving the window upwardly and downwardly in a straight path, additional means on said regulator independently movable:

with respect to said first mentioned means for moving the window backwardly and forwardly in a straight line, and common actuating means on said regulator for operating said means in sequence.

10. In a window regulator for a vehicle window, the combination of window regulator mechanism connected to a window for raising and lowering the same and including a swinging arm and also gearing for operating said arm, and means actuated by intermittent engagement with said gearing for shifting the Window in its plane longitudinally of the vehicle.

11. A window regulator for a vehicle body or the like, comprising a pair of swinging arms adapted to be connected to a Window for raising and lowering the same, intermeshing gears for operating said arms in unison, and a third swinging arm having a toothed portion associated with one of said intermeshing gears and movable therewith at predetermined times for shifting said window longitudinally in its plane to provide and close a Ventilating opening at one up- ALFRED H. HABERSTUlVIP. 

